– New law to be presented on September 11 – first details leaked – Tomorrow, EU telecom Commissioner Neelie Kroes will propose a new EU law to merge the fragmented European telecom markets into a single market by 2016. According to early leaks of the proposal, the EU is expected to ban roaming charges (additional… » read more

– EU prepares plans for a common European telecom market by 2015 – In a speech on Thursday, EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes called for a thorough reform of telecom regulations and the creation of a pan-European telecom market. The new reform proposals are expected to be agreed in April 2014 and should make it easier… » read more

So, on Sunday, July 1, media all over Europe told us that making calls, surfing the web or checking e-mails while on holiday has once again become cheaper, thanks to the newest EU roaming regulation. Accordingly, prices for using mobiles phones abroad have been lowered to 29ct/min for calls and 70ct/MB for internet access in… » read more

Last week, the European Parliament voted for new price reductions for roaming in the European Union. This was a big success for the citizen-led campaign Europeans for Fair Roaming and will make using your mobile phone abroad a lot more affordable over the next two years. If you are wondering what exactly the new rules… » read more

This Thursday, on the 10th of May, the European Parliament will vote on the renewal of the EU roaming regulation. It is expected to accept the compromise that was reached between the Parliament and the Council at the end of March. What is to be expected from the new roaming rules? First of all, prices… » read more

Due to technical reasons, our last post that was planned to be shown here on Monday only appeared on Thursday and therefore after Parliament and Council already agreed on a very positive compromise on roaming. This lead to some confusion. In fact, we warmly welcome this new agreement: On Tuesday evening, the EU lawmakers European… » read more

At the end of February, the European Parliament’s ITRE committee voted in favour of lowering roaming costs within the EU. The Parliament’s vote followed a proposal of the European Commission from last July but demanded even lower price caps for roaming (no more than 15 ct/min to make calls and no more than 20 ct/MB… » read more

Over the last weeks, the debate in Brussels has heated up concerning the new EU roaming regulation. Sadly, many of the arguments brought forward by lobbyists and many of the proposed changes are just utterly wrong. The European Commission proposed structural solutions that would allow users to choose different – cheaper – operators for roaming… » read more